SINGAPORE: Households in Singapore are still predominantly made up of families but the number of single households is on the rise, more than doubling in proportion over the last two decades. The share ...

What Thomas Aquinas and the principles of just war theory tell us about where responsibility lies for the deaths of many thousands of non-combatants. The political theorist Michael Walzer has observed ...

When the Supreme Court of India upheld the validity of criminal defamation in Subramanian Swamy (2016), reasoning that reputation is part of the right to life, it may not have anticipated the ...

Israel's military operation in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed thousands of buildings, and severely restricted the supply of food. The operation was launched after Hamas ...

I recently explained how the decision is patently narrow, applying only to age-verification mandates targeting access to sexual content that, in Justice Clarence Thomas’s words for the majority, “the ...

MILAN (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned Israeli attacks on Gaza as disproportionate on Wednesday, saying there have been “too many innocent victims” during the nearly two-year-old ...

“But we cannot remain silent now in the face of a reaction that has gone beyond the principle of proportionality, claiming too many innocent victims, and even involving Christian communities.” She ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Not long ago, I ran into a long-lost acquaintance who always assumed--always incorrectly--that I was simpatico with her leftist leanings. Maybe it was my long hair or dangling earrings or that I liked ...

A study published to coincide with the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security 2025 event has highlighted some of the concerns the public has with automated data processing for national security.

The debate surrounding extending presidential terms in Zimbabwe has sparked significant controversy. At its annual conference, the ruling party, Zanu PF, passed a resolution to extend the President’s ...